Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Proposed rule published on March 14 by Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency published a five page proposed rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Revocation of Tolerance Exemptions for Diethyl Phthalate and Methyl Ethyl Ketone; No Data Being Developed as Required by Test Orders (Data Call-Ins) Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program.

More than half of the Agency's employees are engineers, scientists and protection specialists. The Climate Reality Project, a global climate activist organization, accused Agency leadership in the last five years of undermining its main mission.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Environmental Protection Agency on March 14

Title
Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions Filed for Residues of Pesticide Chemicals in or on Various Commodities
Transportation Conformity Rule Restructuring Amendments
Approval and Promulgation of Implementation Plans; Tennessee; 110(a)(1) and (2) Infrastructure Requirements for the 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards
Revocation of Tolerance Exemptions for Diethyl Phthalate and Methyl Ethyl Ketone; No Data Being Developed as Required by Test Orders (Data Call-Ins) Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program
Exposure Modeling Public Meeting; Notice of Public Meeting
Human Studies Review Board; Notification of a Public Webinar/Teleconference
Environmental Laboratory Advisory Board Membership
Results From Inert Ingredient Test Orders Issued Under EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program: New Data Compensation Claims; Potential Disapproval of Inert Uses Pending Public Comment